Lemn Sissay was seventeen when he wrote his first poetry book, which he hand-sold to the miners and mill workers of Wigan. Since then his poems have become landmarks, sculpted in granite and built from concrete, recorded on era-defining albums and declaimed in over twenty countries. He has performed
From the Meadow : Selected and New Poems
โ Scribed by Peter Everwine
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 111
- Series
- Pitt Poetry Ser.
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
"His poems are timeless, lyrical songs that transcend the dark forces of our society and call for a deeper understanding of our values. Becoming familiar again with old poems by a gifted master is like reliving the days when poetry truly came from the heart to ravish and define who we are."--Bloomsbury Review"These exquisite poems are so well paced that nothing ever seems forced or misplaced."--Library Journal"[Everwine] presents us with poetry in which each moment is recorded, laid bare, and sanctified, which is to say the poems posses a quality one finds only in the greatest poetry."--Ploughshares
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